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Ottawa sells 10 retired military planes to convert for aerial firefighting

Source article ↗ · Global News · outlet lean: center · owner: Corus Entertainment (corporate)
published 2026-08-07T18:19:27 · ingested 2026-08-07T19:26:00.392980
Bias Analysis · B.I.A.S.
LEFT score: -1.00 vv3
triggers: climate change(-0.15×1)
computed at 2026-08-31T22:08:28.253919
ML Bias Signal · DistilBERT Zero-Shot (v2)
RIGHT score: 0.323 confidence: 46% valhalla/distilbart-mnli-12-3
computed at 2026-08-07T17:28:01.101354-04:00
Ensemble (heuristic + ML v2)
CENTER score: 0.162
Analysis Tier
Tier: quick_v1+full
Tier-1 at: 2026-08-08T12:36:42.548451
Tier-2 at: 2026-08-08T12:36:42.548451
AI analyzed: ✓ at 2026-08-08T12:36:42.548451
Geographic Extraction · L.O.C.A.L.
Country: CA
Province: ON
Scope: provincial
Fact-Check Claims · V.E.R.I.F.Y. (2)
unverified No verifiable claims detected.
fact_v1 · 2026-08-08T12:36:58.379526
unverified No verifiable claims detected.
fact_v1 · 2026-08-08T12:49:14.080152
Cross-Outlet Cluster · I.N.K.
Ottawa sells 10 retired military planes to convert for aerial firefighting 1 article across outlets
clustered at 2026-08-07T19:26:00.682593
Governance — C.R.E.E.D.
A+
overall grade
100.0
By Category
Accountability {'events': 0, 'grade': 'A+', 'note': 'no events recorded', 'provisional': True, 'score': 100.0}
Environmental {'events': 0, 'grade': 'A+', 'note': 'no events recorded', 'provisional': True, 'score': 100.0}
Fairness {'events': 3, 'grade': 'A+', 'note': 'below minimum volume (3 events; minimum 100 for a non-provisional score)', 'provisional': True, 'score': 100.0}
Privacy {'events': 0, 'grade': 'A+', 'note': 'no events recorded', 'provisional': True, 'score': 100.0}
Safety {'events': 0, 'grade': 'A+', 'note': 'no events recorded', 'provisional': True, 'score': 100.0}
Transparency {'events': 0, 'grade': 'A+', 'note': 'no events recorded', 'provisional': True, 'score': 100.0}
Ethics audit by C.R.E.E.D. Institute · 3 events tracked
Raw Audit Trail (2 events)
  1. ingested
    payload 
    {
  "bias": {
    "band": "center",
    "heuristic_version": "v3",
    "rationale": "triggers: none \u2014 defaulted center",
    "score": 0.0
  },
  "source_id": 4
}
  2. bias_v2_scored
    payload 
    {
  "confidence": 0.462,
  "ensemble_band": "center",
  "ensemble_score": 0.162,
  "label": "right",
  "model": "valhalla/distilbart-mnli-12-3",
  "score": 0.323
}
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